



Fig. 84. Trisetum subspicatum 
(L.) Beauv. %/s nat. size. 
(Spec. from East Greenland). 

110 
Nordost-Gronl. p. 348; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p. 129; 
FI. D. tab. 2581; A. rupestris Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis 
Str. and Baff. Bay p.85(?); A.alpina Wg. sec. Murb. 1.c. 
Ceespitose. Panicle pyramidal, spreading 
during and after flowering. Glumes unequal, 
only one pale with a long bent awn from below 
the middle and much exceeding the spikelet. 
Leaves narrow, almost flat. Anthers one third 
as long as the pale, generally yellowish. 
Am.: Cumberland Gulf (?), West Greenl. 60°— 
70° 25’ (!), East Greenl. 60°—61° 30’ (!), 65° 35’, 70° 
—71° (!). Eur.: Samoyede Land. As.: Mouth of 
the Yenissei. 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Nor- 
thern Scandinavia, Northern Russia, Siberia. 
9, TRISETUM Pers. 
174. T. subspicatum (L.) Beauv. 
Hook. Fl. bor. Am. II p. 244; Macoun, Cata- 
logue p. 212; Hart, Brit. Pol. Exped. p.142; Cornell 
Party, Peary Voy. 1896, p. 418; Taylor, Pl. coll. 
at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p. 86; Lge. Consp. FI. 
Groenl. p.164; Hartz, Nordést Grénl. p.349; Nath., 
Spetsb. Karly. p.33; Kjellm., Sib. Nordk. Fanerogamfl. 
p. 274, As. Beringss. p.559, Vest-Eskim. Land p. 55; 
Kjellm. & Lundstr., Noy. Semlja p. 315; Feilden, FI. 
of Kolguey p. 184; Avena subspicata Clairv., Ledeb. 
Fl. Ross. IV p. 418; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p.128; 
Trauty., Pl. Sib. bor. p. 140; Aira subspicata L., 
Trauty. Consp. Fl. Nov. Zemlja_ p. 86. 
Ceespitose, culms erect, 10—20 cm. high. 
Leaves flat, acuminate. Culm and leaves, espe- 
cially the sheaths, softly pubescent. Panicle 
lanceolate-oblong, dense, spike-like, 2—4 cm. 
long. Spikelets shining, 2—3-flowered. Glumes 
hispid on the dorsal vein, the lower °/s as long 
as the upper; lower pales bidentate, glabrous, 
with long, bent and twisted awns. Pales slightly 
exceeding the glumes. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Port. Clarence (!), Point 
Barrow, Arctic Shores and Islands (!), Big Island 
in Hudson Strait, Baffin Land, Grinnell Land to 
81° 42’, West Greenl. 60°—74° 15’ (!), East Greenl. 
60°—75° (!). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!), Kolguev, Novaya 
Zemlya to 74° (!), Waigats (!), Samoyede Land. As.: 
Mouths of the Yenissei (!) and Lena, Chukches Land. 
